She brightens my day :-)

I didn’t know parenthood could make me feel this way. I’m thankful to have you.

I made my mother tear…

Been awhile.

Been busy.

But this, I want to remember.

Was at my mum’s the other day with Missy. This little kiddo never fails to bring smiles to my parents’ faces. And their smiles were not a common sight for growing me. I wonder if it’s because they just didn’t grow up with their parents smiling and having fun with them. They’ve lived through difficult times in their youths and life was not always easy.

Now, with little missy in my arms, I realize how sacrificial they’ve been. How they might have fought the desires over living for us and living for them. This life I have now, they gave within what they had. This was something that I could think and understand. But now, I feel it as I step into similar shoes.

Looking at how my mum is so soooooo happy with missy, I blurted out, “you’re so happy to have missy around. Is it because you missed watching us grow up?” It made my mum’s eyes teary. She fought it back and sighed, “Ya lor. We had to work…”

“You know, we wanted to send you to a nanny. But on the day when we were going to send you, you cried. I cried too. Grandma (mine) cried too. So that was how you got to stay with her.”

Origami Flower Field

Little missy’s turning one. And it’s been a spectacular experience of caring and loving, with the occasional tempering of character when the going got tough.

Here’s a little origami flower field for you. Little missy, you’ve been such a blessing. Thank you.

Dog-o-graphs

My dog looked on curiously as I was snapping some photos. Haven’t posted anything of him lately, so here’s a few.

Lego Laptop Stand

Sharing some pictures of a laptop stand I built with Lego. 650 pieces to be exact and that was all from the box. Was out looking for a laptop stand when I decided, ‘Lego? Why not?”.

More than two decades ago, I was not convinced by my parents about the wonderfully educational nature of Lego (or any other building block toys). Fast forward. I’m sold because I saw how fast my nephew was learning as he played with it. Colours, numbers, reading 2D instructions and translating it into 3D – it’s a mind gym on steroids.